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==United States==
==United States==
===Alabama===
===Alabama===
*[[Delta Bike Project]] (Mobile)
*[[Huntsville Urban Bike Share Coop - HUBS Coop]] (Huntsville)
*[[Huntsville Urban Bike Share Coop - HUBS Coop]] (Huntsville)
*[[Redemptive Cycles]] (Birmingham)
*[[Redemptive Cycles]] (Birmingham)
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===Arizona===
===Arizona===
[[File:Arizona.png|thumb|Map of Arizona community bike shops per the list as of November 2021]]
[[File:Arizona.png|thumb|Map of Arizona community bike shops per the list as of November 2021]]
*[[South Side Mutual Aid Toward Independent Youth Bicycle Education Project]] (Flagstaff)
*[[BICAS]] (Tucson)
*[[BICAS]] (Tucson)
*[[Helping Understand Bicycles]] (Prescott)
*[[Bike Saviours Bicycle Collective]] (Tempe)
*[[Bike Saviours Bicycle Collective]] (Tempe)
*[[The Rusty Spoke]] (Phoenix)
*[[The Rusty Spoke]] (Phoenix)
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===Missouri===
===Missouri===
*[[816 Bicycle Collective]] (Kansas City)
*[[816 Bicycle Collective]] (Kansas City)
*[[Bicycle Works]] (St. Louis)
*[[CoMo Bike Co-op]] (Columbia)
*[[Fairbanks Bike Shop]] (Springfield)
*[[Revolve Community Bike Shop (Kansas City, MO, USA)|Revolve Community Bike Shop]] (Kansas City)
*[[Revolve Community Bike Shop (Kansas City, MO, USA)|Revolve Community Bike Shop]] (Kansas City)
*[[Bicycle Works]] (St. Louis)


===Montana===
===Montana===
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===Texas===
===Texas===
[[File:Texas.png|thumb|map of community bike orgs in texas (per wiki list) as of november 2021]]
[[File:Texas.png|thumb|map of community bike orgs in texas (per wiki list) as of november 2021]]
*[[Austin Yellow Bike Project]] (Austin)
*[[Bike Friendly South Dallas WeCycle Center]] (Dallas)
*[[Bike Friendly South Dallas WeCycle Center]] (Dallas)
*[[Community Cycles Seguin]] (Seguin)
*[[Earn-A-Bike San Antonio]] (San Antonio)
*[[Freewheels Houston]] (Houston)
*[[The Bike Cave (San Marcos, TX, USA)|The Bike Cave]] (San Marcos)
*[[The Bike Cave (San Marcos, TX, USA)|The Bike Cave]] (San Marcos)
*[[San Antonio Bicycle Co-op]] (San Antonio)
*[[Yellow Bike Project]] (Austin)


===Utah===
===Utah===
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==Permanently Closed Shops (nothing lasts forever)==
==Permanently Closed Shops (nothing lasts forever)==
===Outside United States===
See [[:Category:Defunct Community Bicycle Organizations|Defunct Community Bicycle Organizations]]
*[[La fabricicleta|La fabricicleta (Buenos Aires, Argentina)]]
*Cycle Saloon (Footscray, Victoria, Australia)
*Wrenchworthy Bicycle Shed (Reservoir, Victoria, Australia)
*[[Cycle Saloon]] (Victoria, Australia)
*[[Bikekitchen Linz]] (Linz, Austria)
*[[PapaDouala Atelier de rue]] (Brussels, Belgium)
*[[Velogik]] (Montreal, Canada)
*[[PX "The Space" Bikeworks]] (Montréal, Canada)
*[[Freewheelers Bicycle Workshop]] (Lancaster, England)
*[[Oxford Cycle Workshop]] (Oxford, England) (closed down/insolvent, March 2012)
*[[Adessopedala]], Via Garibaldi 6 (Altamura, Italy)
*[[Seomra Bikes]] at Seomra Spraoi (Ireland)
*[[Bici Disidentes]] (Tijuana, Baja, Mexico)
*[[Mechanical Tempest]] (Wellington, New Zealand)
 
===United States===
*[[Handlebar Helpers]] (Scottsdale, Arizona, USA) (closed per <nowiki>https://www.starsaz.org/stars-programs/handlebar-helpers/</nowiki>)
*[[Bike City Recyclery]] (Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA)
*[[Recycles Bike Co-op]] (Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) [closed 2008]
*[[Burbike Workspace]] (Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA)
*[[Changing Gears Bike Shop]] (Alameda, California, USA)
*[[Ontario Wheel House]] (Ontario, California, USA)
*[[Spokes Community Bicycle Project]] (Longmont, Colorado, USA)
*[[Derailer Bicycle Collective]] (Denver, Colorado, USA) [closed 2012]
*[[The Good Wheel]] (Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA)
*[[Lake Worth Bike Coop]] (West Palm Beach, Florida, USA)
*[[Krank it Up]] (Tallahassee, Florida, USA)
*[[BicycleXchange-Community Built Bikes]] (Indiantown, West Palm Beach, Hobe Sound, Florida, USA)
*[[Shift Community Bike Shop]] (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
*[[South Atlanta Bike Shop]] (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
*[[Communicycle]] (Chamblee, Georgia, USA)
*[[Savannah Bike Coop]] (Savannah, Georgia, USA) [closed 2008]
*[[Bikes for Chicago]] (Chicago, IL, USA)
*[[Chicago Velo Campus]] (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
*[[Bike Peoria Coop]] (Peoria, IL, USA)
*[[Shadeland Bicycle Collective]] (Anderson, Indiana, USA)
*[[West Lafayette Bike Cooporative]] (West Lafayette, Indiana, USA)
*[[Plan B]] (New Orleans, LA, USA)
*Miscellaneous, referenced in "[https://www.umasspress.com/9781625344113/bostons-twentieth-century-bicycling-renaissance/ Boston's Twentieth-Century Bicycling Renaissance: Cultural Change on Two Wheels] by Lorenz J. Finison, published by Bright Leaf (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
*[[East Quad Bike Co-op]] (Ann Arbor, U of M, Michigan, USA)
*[[Golden Gate Bike Co-op]] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
*[[Bike Riot Network]] (Traverse City, Michigan, USA)
*[[Broke Spoke Bike Coop]] (Traverse City, Michigan, USA)
*[[My Wheels Are Turning]] (Traverse City, Michigan, USA)
*[[Traverse Alive]] (Traverse City, Michigan, USA)
*[[Mount Pleasant Bike Cooperative]] (Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA)
*[[Cycles for Change]], formerly [[The Sibley Bike Depot]] (St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
* [[Mac Bike]] (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)
*[[Cheshire County Bicycle Collective]] / [[Keene Bicycle Co-op]]  (Keene, New Hampshire, USA)
*[[Hobiken]] (Hoboken, New Jersey, USA) (Bike shop CLOSED, community center still around)
*[[New Brunswick Bike Library]] (New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA)
*[[South Orange Maplewood Bicycle Coalition]] (South Orange/Maplewood, New Jersey, USA)
*[[Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles]] (Ithaca, New York, USA)
*[[Bike Me!]] (Greensboro, North Carolina, USA)
*[[1304 Bikes]] (Raleigh, NC, USA)
* [[Fargo Moorhead Community Bicycle Workshop]] (Fargo, North Dakota, USA)
*[[Grindstone Bikes]] (Berea, OH, USA)
*[[Toledo City Bicycle Co-op]] (Toledo, Ohio, USA)
*[[OKC Infoshop]] (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA)
* [[Ashland Community Bike Program]] (Ashland, Oregon, USA)
*[[Center For Appropriate Transport]] (Eugene, Oregon, USA)
*[[N.W. Pa. Re-Cycle]] (Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA)
*[[Simple Cycle]] (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
* [[The Reading Bike Hub]] (Reading, Pennsylvania, USA)
*[[Holy City Bike Co-op]] (Charleston, South Carolina, USA)
*[[Blackbird Bicycle Co-op]] (Columbia, South Carolina, USA)
*[[Brookings Community Bicycle Collective]] (Brookings, SD, USA)
*[[Yellow Bike Program & Reconditioned Bikes for Kids]] (Rapid City, South Dakota, USA)
*[[Sioux Falls Bike Collective]] (Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA)
*[[Spearfish Bicycle Cooperative]] (Spearfish, South Dakota, USA)
*[[Querencia Community Bicycle Shop]] (Denton, TX, USA)
*[[Workshop Houston]], the parent organization of the [[Third Ward Bike Shop]] (Houston, Texas, USA) (third ward bike shop is CLOSED)
*[[Bikes Across Borders]] (Austin, Texas, USA)
*[[Waco Volunteer Bike Center]] (Waco, Texas, USA)
*[[Windham County Bike Project]] (Brattleboro, Vermont, USA)
* [[The Bike Village at George Mason University]] (Fairfax, Virginia, USA)
*[[Sharebike.org]] (Roanoke, Virginia, USA)
*[[Blacksburg Bike Collective]] (Blacksburg, Virginia, USA)
*[[Pedals2People]] (Spokane, Washington, USA)
*[[Cool Water Bikes]] (Spokane, Washington, USA)
*[[Bike and Bike]] (Olympia, Washington, USA)
* [[Spokes4Folks]] (Charleston, West Virginia, USA)


==2011 Statistics==
==2011 Statistics==

Latest revision as of 16:16, 20 October 2026

Page description

The list below uses the criteria found in the old Bicycle Organization Organization Project for what constitutes a community bike shop, namely:

  • Non-profit bicycle organizations
  • Bike shops that are accessible to people without money
  • Shops that have an educational focus, teaching others how to fix bikes
  • Shops that are volunteer run
  • Organizations that ship bikes to communities in other countries.
  • Shops that provide free or low-cost services to the community.
  • Organizations that recycle bicycles and parts

Community bicycle projects do many different things. Some use bicycles to change society, the economy, or the environment. Some have community bike shops. Some promote bicycle use and making their communities into places where riding is easier, more inclusive, safer, and more fun. The list above uses the criteria found in the old Bicycle Organization Organization Project for what constitutes a community bike shop. The bike project need not meet any these criteria. Rather, it is a general list of qualities which are common among many bicycle projects.

Related Lists and Maps

New Version of the Community Bicycle Organization List

The list found below is the most accurate version of the list published by the Bike Collective Network.

Wiki administrators are currently working on this DRAFT version of list, which is automatically created by pulling information from individual bike collective pages in the Wiki. The results can be sorted, and advanced users will be able to filter the results, request different sets of information, and more by writing queries against the wiki database. Users may also download the data in other formats. It's not a very intuitive interface right now, but we're working on it!

Maps and Lists of Community Bike Organizations

Bike Collective Network, the organization behind this wiki, publishes an open-collaboration Google map entitled "Earth's Community Bicycle Organizations." This map focuses more closely on bicycle workshops in North America. The comments associated with the map contain information about the organization and management of the map and its list.

Circular Communities Scotland publishes a map of its member organizations, which includes a mix of bicycle repair organizations, tool libraries, and other organizations in the "circular economy."

L'Heureux Cyclage has compiled the most comprehensive list and map of bicycle workshops in Europe: Les ateliers dans le monde / workshops around the world

Please note: the maps are not synced with each other or the list on this page. Both maps are international.

L'Heureux Cyclage also compiled references for bicycle workshops in specific locales:

Information about Tool Libraries, Repair Cafes, Libraries of Things

Maps
Resources

Argentina

Buenos Aires (CABA)

Córdoba

Neuquén

Australia

ACT

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Austria

Graz

Innsbruck

Ottensheim

Sankt Pölten

Wels

  • Bikekitchen Wels. Existing since 18/10/13. Dragonerstrasse 22, Wels. Supported by BK Linz?

Vienna

Wiener Neustadt

Belarus

Minsk

Belgium

Brussels

Velokanik compiled a map of workshops in Brussels.

Ghent

Wallonia / Francophone Belgium

As announced by L'Heureux Cyclage in 2011, ""L'Heureux Cyclage.be" network aimed to support the fifteen or so existing Walloon workshops by organizing meetings, training sessions, creating joint projects, etc." The Belgian network is no longer active as of 2026, but L'Heureux Cyclage maintains a compiled list of approximately 24 active workshops in their map of Belgian bike collectives.

Brasil

Rio Grande Do Sul

São Paulo

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Quebec

There is also a locally-maintained map for Montreal at https://bum.bike/fr/pages/carte-des-ateliers/

Saskatchewan

Yukon

Chile

  • Foco Migrante
  • Pedal Autónomo

Croatia / Hrvatska

Zagreb

Czech Republic · Czechia

Prague

Bike Kitchen Praha

Brno

Bike Kitchen Brno

Pardubice

Cyklodílna Město na kole

Denmark

Copenhagen

Svendborg

Finland / Suomi

Helsinki

Espoo

Kotka

France

L'Heureux Cyclage maintains a searchable map of bike collectives in France: List of French Ateliers

Bordeaux

Dijon

Grenoble

Lyon

Marseille

Montpellier

Nancy

Nantes

Paris

Toulouse

Strasbourg

Germany / Deutschland

Augsburg

Berlin

Bremen

  • Freischrauben

Dortmund

Erfurt

  • FaWe FH Erfurt

Erlangen

Hamburg

Halle (Saale)

  • Delfin Selbsthilfe Werkstatt

Hanover

Kiel

  • Fahrradselbsthilfe Hansa48 Kiel

Leipzig

  • Zoro Selbsthilfe

Lübeck

  • Bikekitchen Lübeck

Lüneburg

  • Konrad

Nürnberg

Stuttgart

Weimar

Ghana

Greece / ελλάδα

Guatemala

Hungary / Magyarország

Iceland / ísland

Italy / Italia

Ancona

Bari

Bologna

Cagliari

Firenze

Roma

Sicilia

Torino

Ireland / éire

Israel [Palestine] / מדינת ישראל

Mexico

Unknown Location

BC

Chiapas

Ciudad de Mexico

EdoMex

Querétaro

SLP

Tijuana

Netherlands / Nederland

New Zealand / Aotearoa

Auckland

Christchurch

Dunedin

Titahi Bay

Wellington

Nicaragua

Peñas Blancas

Portugal

Braga

Coimbra

Lisbon

Lisbon Region

Porto

Scotland / Alba

Spain / España

Galiza

Madrid

Catalonia

Sweden / Sverige

Thailand / ไทย

Bangkok

United Kingdom

Aberdeen

Bath

Bristol

Brighton

Colchester

Devon

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Grantown-on-Spey

Leeds

Gloucester

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Oxford

Stirling

Warrington

United States

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Map of Arizona community bike shops per the list as of November 2021

Arkansas

California

NorCal

Bay Area

Santa Cruz

Fresno

Greater Los Angeles

San Diego

SLO

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

map of delaware community bike orgs (per wiki list) as of november 2021

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

map of kentucky community bike orgs (per wiki list) as of november 2021

Louisiana

map of community bike orgs in louisiana (per wiki list) as of november 2021

Maine

Maryland

map of maryland community bike orgs (per wiki list) as of november 2021

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

map of new jersey community bike orgs (per wiki list) as of november 2021

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

map of pennsylvania community bike orgs (per wiki list) as of november 2021

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

map of community bike orgs in tennessee (per wiki list) as of november 2021

Texas

map of community bike orgs in texas (per wiki list) as of november 2021

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

map of virginia community bike orgs (per wiki list) as of november 2021

Washington

Washington D.C.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Permanently Closed Shops (nothing lasts forever)

See Defunct Community Bicycle Organizations

2011 Statistics

U.S. Bicycle Collective Statistics by State (2011)
Rank State # BCs Population BCs Per Million Residents
1 South Dakota 4 819761 4.88
2 Vermont 3 630337 4.76
3 Alaska 2 721523 2.77
4 Oregon 8 3848606 2.08
5 Montana 2 994416 2.01
6 Idaho 3 1573499 1.91
7 Washington D.C. 2 601723 3.32
8 Washington 11 6753369 1.63
9 Michigan 15 9911626 1.51
10 North Dakota 1 675905 1.48
11 Utah 4 2770765 1.44
12 Colorado 6 5044930 1.19
13 Delaware 1 900877 1.11
14 Nebraska 2 1831825 1.09
15 West Virginia 2 1859815 1.08
16 Rhode Island 1 1055247 0.95
17 Minnesota 5 5314879 0.94
18 New Jersey 7 8807501 0.79
19 Arizona 5 6412700 0.78
20 Indiana 6 6501582 0.77
21 New Hampshire 1 1321445 0.76
22 Maine 1 1333074 0.750
23 Virginia 6 8037736 0.746
24 Wisconsin 4 5698230 0.702
25 Kansas 2 2863813 0.698
26 Ohio 8 11568495 0.69
27 Arkansas 2 2926229 0.68
28 Iowa 2 3053787 0.655
29 South Carolina 3 4645975 0.646
30 North Carolina 6 9565781 0.63
31 Massachusetts 4 6559644 0.61
32 California 21 37341989 0.56
33 Pennsylvania 7 12734905 0.55
34 Illinois 7 12864380 0.54
35 Maryland 3 5789929 0.52
36 Georgia 5 9727566 0.51
37 New Mexico 1 2067273 0.48
38 Louisiana 2 4553962 0.44
39 Nevada 1 2709432 0.37
40 Missouri 2 6011478 0.33
41 New York 6 19421055 0.31
42 Connecticut 4 3565287 1.12
43 Oklahoma 1 3764882 0.27
44 Florida 5 18900773 0.26
45 Texas 6 25268418 0.24
46 Kentucky 1 4350606 0.23
47 Alabama 1 4802982 0.21
48 Tennessee 1 6375431 0.16
49 Hawaii 0 1366862 0
50 Wyoming 0 568300 0
51 Mississippi 0 2978240 0

See Also

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